Commentary on “ Timbre as an Elusive Component of Imagery for Music , ” by Freya Bailes
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The study of musical timbre by Bailes (2007) raises important questions concerning the relative ease of imaging complex perceptual attributes such as timbre, compared to more unidimensional attributes. I also raise the issue of individual differences in auditory imagery ability, especially for timbre. Submitted 2006 November 21; Accepted 2006 November 25
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Timbre as an Elusive Component of Imagery for Music
Evidence of the ability to imagine timbre is either anecdotal, or applies to isolated instrument tones rather than timbre in real music. Experiments were conducted to infer the vividness of timbre in imagery for music. Music students were asked to judge whether the timbre of a sounded target note was the same or different from the original following a heard, imagined, or control musical context...
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